His world consists of childhood vs. adulthood. Childhood seems to be made of immaturity and pure innocents, while adulthood is where phonies are--where the world starts to become evil. At the beginning of the book Holden criticizes everyone for the things they do. While doing this, he isolates himself--creating his own level of self-protection. He never looks at himself to find the flaws in which he possesses. Like the child he still is--quick to point fingers at others but never toward himself. He sees adulthood as a

Holden finally decides that he can become an adult without becoming phony. He begins to view the world as more so ?affected? rather than ?phony?. He realizes lying and deception are the most obvious characteristics of phoniness. Both of which, he himself strongly possesses. At this point he begins to view the world as more so ?affected? rather than ?phony?. The last sentence in the book states, ?Don?t ever tell anybody anything. If you do tell, you start missing everyone.? This suggests the impact that people have on your life, weather you like them or you just act like you do. Phony people and real people will effect us throughout our lives and help mold us into whom we become. They are an example of what we want to be and what we don?t. Thus, a dream cannot exist without another person.

Towards the middle of the novel, Holden Caulfield is approached with a question from his little sister, "What would you

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